MsRI-EW: Conference to Identify Research Infrastructure Concepts for a National Full-Scale 200 mph Wind and Wind-Water Testing Facility; Virtual; August 2020

为了增强国家复原力，美国需要先进的实验能力，以支持了解和减少极端风和风水事件（特别是飓风）造成的人员、基础设施和财产损失的研究。最近的风暴已表现出迅速增强，阵风已超过每小时 200 英里 (mph)，并且有迹象表明，未来几年极高强度风暴的数量将会增加。为了减轻极端风和风水事件对建筑环境的影响，需要一个基于大学的研究和测试设施，可以模拟时速达到 200 英里的风场。该奖项将支持一个工程研讨会，以确定国家级、全尺寸、时速 200 英里的风和风水测试设施的研究基础设施概念，该设施能够支持超出美国现有测试设施可实现的风速和规模的研究和测试。此外，由于风暴潮（风驱动的水）是飓风中的主要生命安全威胁，因此研讨会将确定将风暴潮和波浪作用整合到设施设计中的方法。该研讨会的长期目标是通过新的测试能力来推进风工程研究，从而增强建筑环境的飓风抵御能力。该研讨会支持国家科学基金会在国家风暴影响减少计划中的作用。研讨会报告将通过自然灾害工程研究基础设施 (NHERI) 数据仓库 (https://www.DesignSafe-ci.org) 分发给自然灾害和工程研究界。 由于新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 疫情持续蔓延，为期两天的研讨会将于 2020 年 8 月以虚拟方式举行。该研讨会将确定现有中型研究基础设施 (MsRI) 中的概念差距，并评估国家级 200 英里每小时风能和风水测试设施的可行性和设计方案。该研讨会由佛罗里达国际大学主办，将包括来自大学、企业、专业协会和政府的研究和工程应用社区的 50 名参与者。该研讨会将包括独特的 MSRI 的设计和施工概念化，以 (a) 增进对风浪浪组合灾害瞬态性质特征的了解，以及 (b) 能够对飓风登陆的多重压力源环境下的民用基础设施的行为进行稳健模拟。研讨会将包括一名项目管理专家和一名会议主持人，与全体会议领导人和分组会议主席合作。 研讨会的成果将是一份报告，其中将确定该设施的研究需求和概念设计。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

To foster national resilience, the United States needs advanced experimental capabilities that can support research in understanding and reducing human, infrastructure, and property losses from extreme wind and wind-water events, particularly hurricanes. Recent windstorms have demonstrated rapid intensification where wind gusts have exceeded 200 miles per hour (mph), and there are indications that the number of very high intensity windstorms will increase in the coming years. To mitigate the impact of extreme wind and wind-water events on the built environment, a university-based research and testing facility is needed that can simulate wind fields reaching 200 mph. This award will support an engineering workshop to identify research infrastructure concepts for a national, full-scale, 200 mph wind and wind-water testing facility capable of supporting research and testing beyond the wind speeds and scales that are achievable with current testing facilities in the United States. Additionally, because storm surge (wind-driven water) is the principal life safety threat in hurricanes, the workshop will identify ways to integrate storm surge and wave actions into the facility design. The long-term goal of the workshop is to advance wind engineering research with new testing capabilities that can enhance the hurricane resilience of the built environment. This workshop supports the National Science Foundation's role in the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program. The workshop report will be disseminated to the natural hazards and engineering research communities via the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Data Depot (https://www.DesignSafe-ci.org). The two-day workshop will be held virtually in August 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The workshop will identify conceptual gaps in existing mid-scale research infrastructure (MsRI) and assess the feasibility and design options for a national, full-scale, 200 mph wind and wind-water testing facility. The workshop, hosted by Florida International University, will include 50 participants from research and engineering applications communities from universities, businesses, professional associations, and government. The workshop will include design and construction conceptualization of a unique MsRI to (a) advance knowledge on the characterization of the transient nature of wind-surge-wave combined hazards, and (b) enable robust simulations of the behavior of civil infrastructure under the multi-stressor environment of hurricane landfalls. The workshop will include a project management expert and a conference facilitator to work with plenary leaders and breakout session chairs. The outcome of the workshop will be a report that will identify the research needs and a conceptual design for the facility.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.